Product Overview
Pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid | T4716 | TargetMol Chemicals
CAS: 634-97-9
Smiles: OC(=O)c1ccc[nH]1
Formula: C5H5NO2
Pathway: Metabolism
Target: Endogenous Metabolite
Receptor: N/A
Bioactivity: Pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid was first identified as a degradation product of sialic acids, then as a derivative of the oxidation of the D-hydroxyproline isomers by mammalian D-amino acid oxidase. The latter relationship results from the lability of the direct oxidation product, A'-pyrroline-4-hydroxy-2-carboxylic acid, which loses water spontaneously to form the pyrrole. A similar reaction is catalyzed by the more specific allohydroxy-D-proline oxidase of Pseudomonas. In whole animal observations, pyrrole-2-carboxylate (PCA) ' was identified in rat or human urine after administration of the D-isomers of hydroxyproline, a finding ascribable to the action of D-amino acid oxidase. Urinary excretion of N-(pyrrole-2-carboxyl) glycine has been reported in a 5-year-old affected with type II hyperprolinemia; The child has mild developmental delay, recurrent seizures of the grand mal type and EEG alterations.
Molecular Weight: 111, 1
